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Police Shoot Three, Detain Officers After Unrest in Lagos Community
Three people are being treated for gunshot wounds after police officers opened fire during a confrontation with a crowd in the Onosa community of...
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Three Killed, One Injured as Gunmen Ambush Police Team on Illegal Escort Duty
Chaos erupted in Ajegunle on Thursday evening when policemen attached to Golden Ventures Ltd, Egbeda, Lagos State, were attacked by suspected hoodlums while accompanying...
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Painter Arrested in Lagos After Kidnapping Employer’s Son, Demanding ₦7m Ransom
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, Special Squad I, have arrested 32-year-old Mr Chigozie Michael Clement for the kidnapping of a seven-year-old child...
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When Justice Ministry Evades Justice
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe case of Mr. Eme Alfred Friday has become a chilling example of how rogue elements within the Nigeria Police Force misuse...
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IGP Harps On Global Collaboration To Curb Cattle Rustling, Contain CBRNE Threats In Africa
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, while presenting a paper at the 27th INTERPOL African Regional Conference held in Cape Town, South...
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Land Dispute: Three Killed, Police Inspector Injured in Bloody Lagos Clash
No fewer than three people have been confirmed dead, and a police inspector is in a critical, life-threatening condition following a violent clash at...
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INVESTIGATION: Five years after fatal Lagos explosioin, encroachers bribe way back to NNPC pipelines
On March 15, 2020, a deadly explosion shattered Soba Community in the Abule-Ado area of Lagos state, claiming several lives. Official reports blamed the...
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Investigation: In Lagos, Police Extort Families Of Sexually Abused Children In Search Of Justice (Part2)
The first part of this investigation narrates harrowing accounts of sexually abused children and the deep scars they now live with. But beyond these...
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Path to Democratic Policing: Why Gazetting the Revised Police Regulations Is Urgent
By Okechukwu NwangumaIt took Nigeria’s civil society organisations (CSOs) sixteen years of unrelenting advocacy to achieve the landmark passage of the Nigeria Police Act,...
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A Shame Indeed: IGP’s Personal Battles and the Wrong Optics for Democracy
By Okechukwu NwangumaA shame indeed! The Nigeria Police Force under Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun seems more preoccupied with entertaining distractions than with the urgent task...
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RULAAC Faults Police Over Court Order on Omoyele Sowore’s Bank Accounts
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has criticised the reported court order directing six banks to provide the Inspector-General of Police...
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Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N246m Shares linked to Ex Nigeria Army Properties MD
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of several units...
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Police Rescue 5 Kidnap Victims, Neutralise 5 Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Cache Of Arms, Ammunition
The Nigeria Police Force, in its continuous efforts to bolster internal security and protect the lives and property of citizens, has again recorded significant...
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In Nigeria’s ‘Megacity: Poverty, Extortion Deprive Sexually Abused Children Of Justice (PART1)
In Lagos State, Nigeria’s sprawling megacity, sexually abused children from poor homes endure a second betrayal, a justice system riddled with extortion, indifference, and...
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#TigerBasePolice: Twist in Japhet Njoku’s Custodial Death Case as Witnesses Face Intimidation, RULAAC Alleges
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has raised alarm over what it described as desperate attempts by police officers and their...
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PSC Receives Presidential Delegation, Demands Mandate Protection and Adequate Funding
The Police Service Commission today, Monday, 25th August 2025, received a Presidential delegation led by Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President on...
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EFCC Orders Arrest of Dismissed Driver Posing as Officer on Social Media Matchmaking Show
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a stern warning to the public and ordered the immediate arrest of a dismissed staff...
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Sting Operation at OOPL: Court Jails Five Internet Fraudsters in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, August 25, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of five...
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The Report They Tried to Bury: Unmasking the Fate of Southeast Nigeria’s Missing Men (PART 3)
In this concluding part of this hard-hitting investigation into human rights violations in Southeast Nigeria, JULIANA FRANCIS unveils shocking revelations from a 227-page report....
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Take It Back Movement Accuses Lagos Police of ‘Kidnap-for-Ransom’ Scheme in Igando, Ikotun
The Take It Back Movement has levelled serious allegations against the Nigeria Police Force, accusing its officers of running a "kidnap-for-ransom" operation targeting young...
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